DORE

John

Private, 12th Labour Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Army no. 29200. He died on 21 January 1917 age 33. He was the son of John and Mary Dore of North Aston. He is buried in Grave 8 Plot F Row 3 Calais Southern Cemetery

LEWIS

Albert

Private, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Army no. 39348. He died on 28 April 1917 age 20. He was the son of Thomas and Emma Lewis of North Aston. He has no known grave but his name appears on Bay 7 of the Arras Memorial

PAKENHAM KP, MVO

Thomas (5th Earl of Longford)

Brigadier General, General Staff, Commanding 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Brigade. He died on 21 August 1915 age 50 in the attack on W Hill. Born in Dublin, He was the son of William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford and the husband of Mary Julia, Countess of Longford, of North Aston Hall. He is buried in grave Spec Mem E 3 Green Hill Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

MOBBS

James

Rifleman, 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) Army no. 590364. He died on 7 April 1917 age 20. He was the son of John and Annie Mobbs of North Aston. He has no known grave but his name appears on Panel 54 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

SYKES

Jesse

Sergeant, New Zealand Training Unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Army no. 66738. He died on 17 November 1918 during the great flu epidemic. He was 29 and born in Deddington. He was the son of Henry and Martha Sykes, Lime Kiln Cottages, North Aston and the husband of Jane Rebecca Sykes, 470 Annagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is buried in grave 608 Featherston Cemetery, New Zealand

SYKES

Norman William

Rifleman, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Army no. 5790. He died on 1 July 1916 age 20. He was the son of Henry and Martha Jane Sykes, Lime Kiln Cottages, North Aston. He is buried in grave B 5 Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval

WARD

Henry

No further infromation currently availabe

WOOLGROVE

Fred Cecil

Corporal, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Army no. 1664. He died on 9 December 1915 age 24. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J Woolgrove of North Aston. He is buried in grave 6 Plot I Row B Corbie Communal Cemetery

WYATT

Harry

Private, 364th Company, Base Mechanical Transport Depot (N) Army Service Corps Army no. M/351087. He died on 2 September 1918 age 32 a native of Oxfordshire. He was the son of Harry and Emma Wyatt of North Aston and the husband of. Gertrude Eliza Wyatt, Mystole, Chatham, Canterbury. He is buried in grave IV F 4 Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte

TAYLOR

Robert Vickris

Major, 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps Army no. 42475. He died on 19 February 1943 age 34. He was the son of Captain John Vickris Taylor and Sybil Taylor and the husband of Ruth Prudence Taylor, Walton, Boston Spa, Yorkshire. He is buried in Grave II C 25 Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia. There is also a wooden plaque in the Church

HICHENS

John

[Listed as 2nd Lieut on memorial] Captain, 190 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Army no. 174589. He died on 11 July 1944. He is buried in Grave VII E 9 Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Normandy

KNIGHT

Ronald

Sergeant, 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 5385252. He died on 24 October 1944 age 23. He was the son of Albert and Alice Knight, Middle Aston and the husband of Lucy Knight, Deddington. He is buried in Grave 3 D 8 Uden War Cemetery, Holland

CROXFORD

Reginald John Claude

Flying Officer (Pilot), 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve RAF no. 150099. He died on 14 January 1944 age 27. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Croxford and the husband of Dorothy Mary Croxford of Cardiff. He is buried in Coll. grave 3. G. 12-15 Hanover War Cemetery. 7 Squadron was part of the Pathfinder Force and they flew Lancaster Bombers from their base at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire

HICHENS, MA

William Lionel

Civilian. He died at Church House, Great Smith Street during a bombing raid on London on 14 October 1940 age 66. He was a Fellow of Winchester College, Chairman of Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd., and formerly Colonial Treasurer, Transvaal Oxford. He was the husband of Mary Hermione Hichens ARRC, JP and they lived at North Aston Hall. He has no known grave

BOWLES

Charles

The Crimean War. Captain, 10th Royal Hussars. Died in Varnoucka, Crimea of Cholera age 39

BADBY

Thomas

Private. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he was a boarder, aged 30, born Croughton, Northants, a Horseman On Farm, boarding at North Aston Deddington, Oxfordshire.

BEESLEY

T

Sapper, Royal Engineers

BUSBY

Alfed [George]

Private, Army Cycle Corps. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Deddington, Oxon,a House Boy Domestic, resident with his parents, John and Sarah Ann Busby, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

BUSBY

James

Private, Durham Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born North Aston, Oxon, a Gardener Domestic, resident with his parents, Thomas and Ann Busby, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

CATO

H

Private Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wounded

DART

W

Corporal Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Gassed

DORE

Alban

Private, Royal Army Service Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born North Aston, Oxfordshire, a Farm Labourer, resident with his parents, John and Mary Dore, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

DORE

C

Private, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps.

GOLDER

K

Private Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

GOLDER

W

Rifleman County of London

GOLDER

W

Private Royal Field Artillery

JUDGE

W

Private Warwickshire Regiment

LEE

F

Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Wounded

LEE

H

Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

LEE

O

Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

LEE

Theodore [James]

Sapper, Royal Garrison Artillery. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born North Aston Oxon, a General Labourer Farm, resident with his parents, Robert and Harriet Lee, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

LEWIS

Eli John [Thomas]

Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born North Aston, a Farm Labourer, resident with his parenst, Thomas and Emma Lewis, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

MOORE

E

Sergeant Bedfordshire Regiment

NUTT

Au8brey [Hubert]

Private, Devonshire Regiment. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born, Nuneham Courteney, a House Carpenter, married to Annie Weston Nutt, resident North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

PERKINS

T

Private Royal Field Artillery

REEVES

N

Private

REEVES

R

Private Devonshire Regiment

SHORT

Percival [Charles]

Private, Machine Gun Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Coughton, Warwickshire, a groom Domestic, resident with his parents Edward Henry and Emily Maud Short, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

SOUTH

F W B

Private Devonshire Regiment

SOUTH

G

Sapper Royal Engineers

SYKES

Denis

Able Seamen J55933, H.M.S. Antrim, Royal Navy. Born 22 June 1894 in Deddington. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Deddington, Oxon, a Builders Apprentice, resident with his parents, Henry and Martha Jane Sykes, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Served on H.M.S. Pembroke 24 july 1916 to 17 August 1916, H.M.S. Antrim 18 August 1916 to 156 December 1917, H.M.S. Pembroke I 17 December 1917 to 16 February 1918, H.M.S. Idaho (Kildare) 17 february 1918 to 21 June 1918, H.M.S. Eaglet (Kildare) 22 June 1918 to 31 October 1918, H.M.S Idaho (Kildare) 1 November 1918 to 31 Deceber 1918, H.M.S. Ambitious (Kildare) 1 January 1919 to 13 February 1919, H.M.S. Hermoine 14 february 1919 to 14 March 1919, H.M.S. Pembroke I 5 March 1919 to 10 April 1919. Demobbed 10 April 1919.

SYKES

Marion

Sister, Royal Air Force Nursing Service formerly Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Enlisted 24 July 1916 for the duration of the hostilities, height 5 feet 5½ inches, chest 37 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, frsesh complexion. In the 1911 census she was aged 29, born Deddington, Oxon, a Sick Nurse, resident with her parents, Henry and Martha Jane Sykes, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Marrried and became Marion Jervis.

TARLING

Charles

Sapper, Royal Garrison Artillery. Wounded. In the 1911 census he as aged 18, North Aston, Oxon, a Groom Domestic, resident with his parents, John and Ann Tarling, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother of Fredeirck (below).

TARLING

E A

Private Grenadier Guards Wounded

TARLING

Frederick

Private, Queens Own West Surrey. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Duns Tew, Oxon, a Labourer On Farm, resident with his parents, John and Ann Tarling, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother of Charles (above).

TAYLOR

J

Private, Royal Air Force

TAYLOR

John Vickris

Captain, Welsh Guards and The Welch Regiment. Wounded. Eldest sdon of Major R.K. Taylor, of Grovelands, Southgate, Middlesex. Born 27 July 1872. In the 1911 census he was aged 38, born Norwood, Surrey, married to Sybil Mary Taylor, living on his own means, resident The Hall North Aston Deddington, Oxfordshire. Married Sybil Mary Hopkinson in the Newmarket Registration District, Cambridgeshire 19 September 1905. Kelly's Directory 1939 lists him as a J.P., resident The Manor, North Aston. Died at Dunmore, Trabert, Argyll 3 October 1956, buried at Powderham, Devon.

WAITE

F

Trooper Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars Wounded

WEST

Frederick [John]

Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Aynhoe, at school, resident with his parents, John Henry and Lilly West, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.

WHITEHEAD

F

Private Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wounded

WHITEHEAD

H

Private Gloucestershire Regiment Wounded

WHITEHEAD

P

Private Army Ordnance Corps

WHITEHEAD

R

Private Gloucestershire Regiment

WHITLOCK

B

Driver Royal Field Artillery

WITCOMBE

G

Pioneer Royal Engineers

WITCOMBE

R G

Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

WYATT

Arthur

Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Middle Aston, Oxon, a Labourer On Farm, resident with his parents, Henry and Emma Wyatt, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother of Charles (below).

WYATT

Charles

Corporal, Army Service Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born North Aston, Oxon, a Working On Farm, resident with his parents, Henry and Emma Wyatt, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother of Arthur (above).

WYATT

W

Sergeant, Welsh. Wounded. Awarded D.C.M.

BEESLEY

D G

Guardsman Grenadier Guards

CATO

P

Gunner Royal Artillery

CATO

E

Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

CHURCHILL

G I

2nd Lieut 12th Royal Lancers

CHURCHILL

J

Sapper Royal Engineers

CHURCHILL

P E

Sergeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

DENNY

F M

Group Capt. Royal Air Force

DORE

J

Gunner Royal Artillery

GARDNER

A

Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force

GARDNER

T

Sergeant Royal Air Force

HILL

L

Private The Auxiliary Territorial Service

LORT-PHILIPS

P

Major, Grenadier Guards. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) & Bar

PRATT

T

Private Somerset Light Infantry

PRESTON

S

Nurse The British Red Cross Society

PRESTON

S M

Aircraftwoman Instructor Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

PROFFITT

F

Gunner Royal Artillery

TAYLOR

Anthony D

Major 15th-19th Kings Royal Hussars. Awarded Military Cross (M.C.).

WHITEHEAD

D W

Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

WYATT

T H

Private Royal Army Service Corps